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Causation and Misconnections
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 January 2022
Abstract
In this paper I show how the conserved quantity theory, or more generally the process theory of Wesley Salmon and myself, provides a sufficient condition in an analysis of causation. To do so I will show how it handles the problem of alleged ‘misconnections’. I show what the conserved quantity theory says about such cases, and why intuitions are not to be taken as sacrosanct.
- Type
- Wesley C. Salmon 1925-2001: A Symposium Honoring His Contributions to the Philosophy of Science
- Information
- Philosophy of Science , Volume 71 , Issue 5: Proceedings of the 2002 Biennial Meeting of The Philosophy of Science Association. Part II: Symposia Papers , December 2004 , pp. 926 - 931
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- Copyright © 2004 by the Philosophy of Science Association
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